Carly Fiorina Dropped a Casual Obama-Eats-Dogs Joke

Independent Journal has really cornered the market when it comes to gimmicky campaign ads for Republican presidential wannabes. The right wing's premier content farm had Ted Cruz cook bacon with a machine-gun and a beady-eyed smirk, they got Lindsey Graham to destroy his cell phone after Donald Trump tried to destroy his voicemail inbox, and now they have Carly Fiorina talking about how she likes dogs more than cats.

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After a bunch of groundbreaking quips about canines—"A dog is happy to see you!"—Fiorina decides to sneak in a different kind of wisecrack.

"You know," she tells the puppies patrolling her lap, "President Obama ate one of your cousins."

It's presumably a reference to the president's time living in Indonesia as a child, but somehow it's not the first time a Republican candidate has joked about eating dogs this cycle. In October, Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee made a charming comparison between Bernie Sanders' tax plan and a North Korean chef's plans for a labrador.

In the end, Fiorina, ever the consummate non-politician politician, says she also likes cats.